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This set of detailed commentaries provides valuable exegetical, historical, cultural, and linguistic information on the original text. Over the years this series has been instrumental in shedding light on the Scriptures so that translators all over the world could complete the important task of putting God's Word into the many languages spoken in the world today. Over the years church leaders...

The short prophecy of Nahum is concerned solely with the fall of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian empire. There is no statement within the book about when it was written, but certain limits can be set, based on references to historical events whose dates are known. In 3:8–10 the prophet speaks of the fall of the Egyptian city of Thebes. This took place in 663 B.C., so the Book of Nahum must be dated later than that. The prophet also speaks of the fall of Nineveh
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